Why does this post have two titles? In FF on the main page it says Step Away From the TiVo, yet in the RSS feed and in the comments page it says We've Already Used Up All Of The TiVo Jokes I Could Hope To Make Into A Title.
My main page has the same title as your RSS feed/comments page.
(I am thinking Becks probably posted it with one title, then had second thoughts and retracted, thinking none would be the wiser.)
1 - I renamed it. Your feed must have picked it up in the 2 minutes it had the other title.
Now talk about more interesting stuff! Like about married people (not?) having sex.
Now talk about more interesting stuff!
I'm too tired.
Is this the post that pushes Cala to flee? Stay tuned.
Sure enough. A refresh and the shorter title vanishes. A neat peak at creation. Unlike the article which was about creating nothing. Very depressing. I know plenty of couples my age with that type of schedule. I guess I should forward it to a few of them. Maybe they'll identify, though I hope not.
I thought the original title was very smart.
Goodness, that is a depressing article. Not familiar sounding at all.
Could that husband be any bigger of a stereotypical tool? He interrupted a fuck to Tivo "the game"? Surely that's a green light for the woman to have an affair.
No one found the story a little...writerly?
But it was a big game, gswift. Cut the guy a break huh?
Shivbunny is far away. Once we are married, it will be very nice to be able to roll over and not have sex, as opposed to being far apart and not having sex.
Seriously, though, most of my married friends seem to be happy in the sex department; it's the ones who have kids who are too tired to remember how it works.
Speaking of depressing, my mom just called to tell me my dad's prognosis is six months.
Come on, you ingrates, if it weren't for horrible people the internet would be, like, five pages.
And we know she's taking writerly liberties because there hasn't been a big Knicks game in five years, at least.
Speaking of depressing, my mom just called to tell me my dad's prognosis is six months.
Jeebus. I'm so sorry, man. All my best wishes.
Jesus Christ, Teo, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Oh shit, teo. That's awful. I'm so sorry.
Wow. "Jeff" is an idiot.
On preview, screw the article; Teo, I'm really sorry to hear that.
Thanks, guys. I'm a bit shaken up at the moment, but it's not totally unexpected. He had a CT scan a couple days ago that showed that the chemo wasn't working, and when they went to get the results my mom asked the oncologist for an estimated prognosis and he said six months. She called me that night to tell me about the CT results, but didn't have the heart to tell me the prognosis. I could hear in her voice that something was wrong, though, and so when she called tonight I was expecting bad news.
God, your poor mother. What kind of cancer is it?
At this point he's run through all the standard treatments. They're going to look around for clinical trials, but that's kind of a crapshoot.
That's terrible, teo. We've got a history of that too.
36: August of 2005. I blogged about it here.
I'm sorry Teo. How fast do you think you can finish up?
How fast do you think you can finish up?
Eh? You mean graduate? This semester.
I will be going home for Spring Break, for the first time since I've been in college (we only get a week, and it's a long way). That was the main reason my mom called tonight, actually. She told me the prognosis in the context of encouraging me to come home this year.
When is your Spring Break? Are you going to be able to go home? How heavy is your courseload? Do you think your professors would let you do an extra week from home?
Sorry, 45 crossposted with 43. I'm glad to hear you'll be able to go home.
That's what I thought. The thesis will probably be easier, but the timing and distraction will be tremendous. You'll find yourself compartmentalizing.
Yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do about the thesis. I was going to try to present parts of it at some upcoming conferences, but I might scale that back a bit.
Aside from the thesis my course-load is pretty light and easy to handle, so that shouldn't be a problem.
(Thanks for linking to your post.)
You haven't asked for advice, but mine would be to be home as much as possible--for your parents, also for your own sake, now and in the future.
Yeah, in addition to Spring Break I'm thinking I'll go home after graduation and just stay for a while.
How awful, Teô. I'm very sorry. I'll echo #52. Hard as it may be, spend as much time with your parents as you can now. You won't ever regret it.
(Also, sex-starved urbanites are the only people the Voice writes about these days, right? Since Christgau was fired, I've shunned--shunned!--them.)
Terribly sorry about that, Teo. At least you will get to spend a lot of that time with them.
All my sympathy to you and yours.
That terrible. I also encourage you to spend as much time as possible with them.
Thanks, everyone, for the sympathy and support. I appreciate it.
Late to the grim party, you also have my deepest sympathies. Good luck, and make the months count.
I'm very sorry, Teo. Make the best of your remaining time.
I know it will seem redundant, and I don't have anything pithy or insightful to offer, but I'm very sorry. If you're one of those people who tends not to eat or sleep in bad times, remember to take care of yourself.
Aside from the thesis my course-load is pretty light and easy to handle, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Teo U shouldn't have any problems accommodating you, and with any luck, you'll find that most professors will bend over backwards to help you out in terms of moving exams & due dates if you decide to take a longer break during the semester.
most professors will bend over backwards
This was also my experience when I was in your position.
Mmm. You know, I don't have any concrete sense of whether this is a reasonable suggestion, but if a large part of what's between you and graduation is completion of your thesis, I wonder if you could talk to your department about taking an incomplete on it so you could spend more time with your dad now, and then finish it later when you can focus on it.
yeah, professors & schools have been pretty decent for me when I had less cause.
My thoughts are with you, teo.
Very sorry, teofilo. I was wondering whether it wouldn't be worth it to take the semester off if you have tuition insurance. That could be a really terrible idea or a wonderful one, but I just thought that I'd put it out there.
I hate barging in on teo's grief, but if this is the sad thread: my grandma, my last grandparent, died this week.
Ah, shit Teo. My deepest sympathies. My only advice--ask all the questions you can.
Teo and BG, I'm sorry for your sad news.
Mortality is the shits. I'm sorry.
Oh I'm saddened to hear that teo, and BG.
75: The thesis isn't even required; I could just drop it entirely (though I'd have to add another class to get back up to full-time status, and it's getting a little late for that). I really don't think I'll have any trouble academically because of this.
80: My condolences, BG.
Thanks all. It's very strange, because I can't go to the funeral which is out in Arizona. I wasn't able to go to my grandfather's funeral there either. My aunt is going, but my Dad and my other uncle aren't, because they've been feuding with the uncle who "took care" of her. He stole a good chunk of her money and was very controlling; he wouldn't let our calls through. We're planning a memorial service for later on though.
Death sucks, but death and squabbling and feeling that your family member isn't being well taken care of suck worse.
So sorry to hear it, teo and BG. You'll let us know if there's anything we can do.
Aw, man, BG. What a double grief that must be.
My condolences and good wishes, BG.
I'm sorry, BG.
(We need an UnfoggedGroupHug®.)
It's the Thread of Sorrow. My condolences as well.